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Manormanic

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So, who'll it be?
« on: June 04, 2014, 06:22:33 PM »
Test squads announced tomorrow - with Pietersen Trott and Swann gone and no mystery chucker to call upon, there are plenty of places up for grabs.

 This is cricinfo's take:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2014/content/current/story/750299.html

On Sky yesterday, Bumble named half the Yorkshire side whilst Knight and Atherton were more circumspect.

Who'd you go for?
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Re: So, who'll it be?
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2014, 06:24:31 PM »
Hales
Lyth
Bell
Root
Ballance
Stokes
Buttler
Rashid
Jordan
Anderson
Plunkett
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Re: So, who'll it be?
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2014, 06:25:41 PM »
Suspect Cook might get a  look in...
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Re: So, who'll it be?
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2014, 06:26:55 PM »
Quote from: Manormanic on June 04, 2014, 06:25:41 PM
Suspect Cook might get a look in...

Not in my team.... Although I was happy to see him have some bite yesterday rather than just being a "nice guy"
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Re: So, who'll it be?
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2014, 06:27:28 PM »
fair enough.  He'd be in my team, minus an armband...
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Re: So, who'll it be?
« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2014, 06:36:12 PM »
Quote from: Manormanic on June 04, 2014, 06:27:28 PM
fair enough.  He'd be in my team, minus an armband...

We all know he'll play and be skip. Unfortunately from atleast one point.


Side will more likely be

Carberry
Cook
Bell
Root
Ballance
Stokes
Prior
Bresnan/Borthwick
Jordan
Broad
Anderson

The same side minus Jordan that was dicked in aus.

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Re: So, who'll it be?
« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2014, 06:44:20 PM »
Cook
********
Root
Bell
*******
Stokes
Prior
*******
*******
Broad
Finn
Anderson

Could stick in any 4 in that team. It will those 7 that make the difference :-(

Knowing Moores he'll pick some average cricketers based on their batting/bowling average and ignore quality players.

Saying goodbye to players who should be in the team - Monty, KP

Not ready for test cricket but are talented:-

Jordan
Ballance
Buttler

Moores naff pick - Gurney - not seen him move a ball off the straight. Read/Foster - great keepers but not test batsman and too old.  Might pick a team of allrounders who can't do anything great at test level. According to the press everybody has a chance now, which I don't think is a good thing. Either Moores is clueless or nobody is outstanding.

If Samit wasn't such a non-turning pie chucker I would like to see him have a run as an allrounder (he is my role model after all).
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Re: So, who'll it be?
« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2014, 06:49:28 PM »
Will look something like this I'd imagine.
If someone is already in but could bat in a number of places I've put them in brackets  :D

Cook*
Carberry/Robson/(Root)
Bell/Compton/(Root)
Ballance/(Root)
Root/(Bell)
Stokes
Prior+/Butler+
Jordan/Bresnan
Broad
Anderson
Gurney/Tredwell
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Re: So, who'll it be?
« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2014, 07:04:13 PM »
I guess the options are

Openers : Cook/Root/Carberry/Robson/Compton
Middle order : Bell/Morgan/Ballance (+Root)
Keepers : Prior/Buttler
All rounders : Stokes/Ali/Patel/Borthwick
Bowlers : Anderson/Broad/Jordan/Finn/Plunkett

Long shots (in my opinion the players who may, or may not deserve a call up but would be shockers if they actually were) :

Lyth
Vince
Taylor (Seems to have had a fall out somewhere along the line)
Rashid
Foster
Gurney

What I think we'll see :

Cook
Root
Bell
Morgan
Ballance
Borthwick(switched with Stokes)/Ali
Prior
Stokes
Broad
Jordan
Anderson
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Re: So, who'll it be?
« Reply #9 on: June 04, 2014, 07:20:10 PM »
Why does Root always make it into your guys teams? He wouldn't even make the NZ side. Definition of "Overrated".
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Re: So, who'll it be?
« Reply #10 on: June 04, 2014, 07:21:24 PM »
Quote from: potzy248 on June 04, 2014, 07:20:10 PM
Why does Root always make it into your guys teams? He wouldn't even make the NZ side. Definition of "Overrated".
Because it's the team we expect the selectors to pick, not who I want it to be
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Re: So, who'll it be?
« Reply #11 on: June 04, 2014, 07:31:30 PM »
likely squad for me (13 players...)

cook
Robson
ballance
bell
Morgan
Ali
prior
stokes
broad
Anderson
Jordan
plunkett
guerney

not the team I would select, however...
I don't understand why Root is a nailed on certainty. he got dropped...
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Re: So, who'll it be?
« Reply #12 on: June 04, 2014, 07:38:01 PM »
Cook
Compton
Robson
Root
Bell
Ballance
Stokes
Prior
Plunkett
Broad
Anderson

Finn
Ali
Jordan
Buttler as back ups
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Re: So, who'll it be?
« Reply #13 on: June 04, 2014, 07:42:42 PM »
Why people put joe root in the top 4 is beyond me! Stick him at 5 for the next 2/3 years and then watch him fly! England will be guilty of doing to him what they did to Bell! Bell played for about 3 years constantly at 5 and became one of the worlds best batsman. The pressure is slightly off batting there
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Re: So, who'll it be?
« Reply #14 on: June 04, 2014, 07:48:06 PM »
I always look at the guys you least like to play. I imagine SL won't be too upset facing Compton, Robson, ballance or gurney and Treadwell. We really must have some better batting or bowling  than that?

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